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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | March 7, 2013 11:44 AM |
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| From: | Senator Anthony H. Williams |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Philomathean Society |
| In the near future, I will be introducing a resolution to congratulate the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania on its 200th anniversary. The Philomathean Society was founded on October 2, 1813, and is the nation's oldest continuous collegiate literary society as well as the oldest student group at the University. Since 1813, it has been dedicated to “increasing the learning of the members and the academic prestige of the University.” Amongst the their many accomplishments, "Philos" have at one time or another embarked on major works of scholarship (like producing the first English translation of the Rosetta Stone), founded departments, launched campus publications (the longest-lived of which is the "Daily Pennsylvanian"), and staged major dramatic productions (the "Masque of the American Drama" involved every undergraduate then enrolled at Penn). Please join me in celebrating the Philomathean Society's 200th anniversary by co-sponsoring this resolution. Thank you for your consideration. |
Introduced as SR48